New Documentaries - Mar 31 2015

Downside Up is a centre in Moscow that provides support for children with Down syndrome and their families. It helps kids to develop their abilities and communication skills. Here, both children and their parents feel welcome, in a stark contrast from an often unaccepting society.

VICE meets Matthew Lesko, the self-proclaimed federal grant researcher
and infomercial personality who made it big in his "question mark" suit.
He has written more than 20 books telling people how to get money from
the US government.

In which John Green teaches you WHY World War I started. Or tries to
anyway. With this kind of thing, it's kind of hard to assign blame to
any one of the nations involved. Did the fault lie with Austria-Hungary?
Germany? Russia? Julius Caesar? One thing we can say for sure is that
you can't blame the United States of America for this one. Woohoo! Well,
you can hardly blame the US.

Top Documentaries

The opening episode introduces the series by showing examples of extraordinary feeding, hunting, courting and parenting behaviour from across the animal kingdom and around the globe. In Florida Bay, bottlenose dolphins catch leaping fish as they attempt to escape a corral of encircling mud, whipped up with the lead dolphin's tail. Other unusual collaborative hunting techniques include three cheetahs combining to bring down an ostrich and Antar...

Did you know that there are more Tigers in the US than there are in the wild? Louis Theroux visits several places where 'Americas Most Dangrous Pets' are being held.He visits Joe “Exotic” who owns a private zoo with 167 tigers, just as a tornado is coming up.Through the documentary, Louis keeps asking the owners of the animals if they think the animals are happy like this and if they wouldn't prefer a life in the wild. Most owners have an inte...

In this report for Britain's Channel 4, reporter Sandra Jordan and
producer Rodrigo Vasquez face gunfire and tear gas within hours of
arriving at a memorial service for Rachel Corrie, the peace activist
crushed by an army bulldozer two days before.
That sets the scene for the next five weeks during which the filmmakers
also document the grievous wounding of British peace activist Tom
Hurndall, the death of award winning cameraman...